The Dusty Attic DT - A Captured Moment

Hello Dusty Attic Fans!

Today I am sharing my DT take on the fabulous February Mood Board Challenge at The Dusty Attic.

How wonderfully grungy is this mood board? I totally loved all of the woodgrain elements in the image as well as the denim so I have based my layout around this inspiration.

'A Captured Moment'

I began my layout with a blue woodgrain background as inspired by elements in the mood board. I then used a palette knife to swipe firstly some Alabaster Dusty In Colour paint followed by the Denim paint. Once dry, I applied texture paste through the Chicken Wire Stencil.

Next I layered on some torn woodgrain patterned paper and some vellum before adding lots of dimension with twine, chipboard and my photo.

I kept that awesome String Frame and the foliage in their raw unaltered state as I wanted natural elements to co-ordinate with my photo. To make the title, Small Chevrons and the cute Page Pebble pop I painted them with my favourite white Posca Paint Pen.

I painted the Industrial Stars with the same Denim Dusty in Colour paint that I used on the background.

Products used:

DA0993 Chevrons Small

DA1114 Page Pebbles #9

DA1541 Industrial Stars

DA1834 Mini Captions

DA1873 Foliage # 11

DA1185 String Frames Sml

DA1825 Chicken Wire Stencil

DA0914 Dusty In Colour Denim

I do hope you feel inspired play along with the challenge this month using your own awesome Dusty Attic stash. Thanks for visiting the blog today.

Cheers

Belinda

The Scrapbook Store DT - Adorable

Hello!

Today I am sharing my third layout for The Scrapbook Store featuring the Graphic 45 Fairie Dust collection.

'# Adorable'

For this layout I have focused solely on the blue patterned papers in the range.

All of the stunning chipboard is by The Dusty Attic and I have painted it white using a Posca Pen.

I added some torn book paper and a torn piece of Stamperia Rice Paper behind the photo. Have you seen the STUNNING Stamperia rice papers in store?? Do yourself a favour and go check them out HERE. 

Here's what I used:

GRAPHIC 45 Fairie Dust:

- Fairie Dust

- Magic Wishes

STAMPERIA Rice Paper

THE CRAFTERS' WORKSHOP 6"x6" Stencil Mini Fairy Wings

DUSTY ATTIC Chipboard:

- DA1436 Star Banner

- DA1597 Hashtag Sayings # 2

- DA1114 Page Pebbles # 9

BAZZILL Marshmallow Heavy Duty Cardstock

book paper

embroidery thread

GOLDEN Light Molding Paste

UNI Posca Pen

KAISERCRAFT Decorative Die Rectangle Ornate Frame

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Kraft Plus DT - Thank You For The Music

Hello Kraft Plus fans!

This month we have another 'abba'solutely fabulous challenge for you. 

How cool is that?!!

 I was so happy to see an ABBA inspired challenge this month as I recently introduced my kids to ABBA music and we are currently enjoying sing-a-longs in the car.

I chose a photo of my daughter playing her ukulele which she has been learning to play at school. I am amazed at how well both of my kids have picked it up and they sound awesome which is why I chose Thank you for the Music for my inspiration. 

'Thank You' Layout

I used some torn sheet music paper as well as some gold star printed vellum under my photo.

I used some funky music themed stamps from Darkroom Door.

All of that fabulous chipboard is by The Dusty Attic.

I just happened to make a purchase from Typo that had that awesome 'On Tour' tag attached. Perfect!

I hope you find some time to play along with the challenge this month. You can find all of the details on the blog over HERE.

Don't forget you can also enter a card, tag or atc as long as it is kraft based.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Cheers

Belinda

Darkroom Door DT - Starry Night Large Stencil Layout

Hello Darkroom Door fans!

Today I have a layout to share featuring the fabulous new Starry Night Large Stencil. This is such a fun stencil perfect for so many different projects and co-ordinates so well with the Stars Rubber Stamp Set. I have created a grungy background for my layout using this versatile stencil.

‘Sydney’ Layout

If you would like to know how I created this layout please head over to the Darkroom Door blog HERE for a step by step tutorial.

Supplies used:

DDLS008 Large Stencil – Starry Night

DDBS050 Brushed Stars Background Stamp

DDRS026 Alphabet Medley Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS105 Sydney Vol. 1 Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS109 Australian Animals Vol. 1 Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS156 Stars Rubber Stamp Set

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

RANGER Dylusions Ink Spray Black Marble

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Black Soot

AMSTERDAM Acrylic Ink Silver

GOLDEN Light Molding Paste

UNI Posca Pen White

I hope you love this stencil as much as I do. It really is perfect for so many projects from layouts to art journal pages, cards, tags and canvases. What will you create with your stencil?

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Belinda

Flutterby Designs DT - Dec 25

Hello Flutterby Designs peeps!

Belinda here today to share a layout featuring the fabulous Fair Dinkum Chrissy collection. 

I love all of the beach elements in this range as my little family and I quite often head to the beach on Christmas Day.

'Dec 25' Layout

I began by swiping some texture paste over a couple of rows of the awesome 'He Said, She Said' Stencil. I LOVE this stencil and I'm pretty sure I am going to be using it a LOT!

Once he texture paste was dry, I diluted some Tropicana Teal and Arctic White Flutter Colour Paints with water. I also spritzed my background with water and sloshed the teal paint around on it. I gave it a little time to dry and then I lifted the background and applied more paint letting it run down the page to create some lovely drips.

I used the cute 'Bubble O'Fun' Mini Stencil to add some subtle white bubbles to the layout too.

Next I layered on all of my bits and pieces as well as the photo. I cut the 'Dec 25' Wood Veneer bit into pieces, painted it with several coats of white gesso and added to the page.

Here's what I used:

FAIR DINKUM CHRISSY:

- Everyday Etc Cards

- Die Cut Bits & Bobs

- Frame 49

- Wood Veneer Bits

He Said She Said Stencil

Confetti Circles Wood Veneer

Word Speech Bubble Wood Veneer

Jolly Season Page Tabs

Bright Tabs 3 Photo Cut Outs

Stars Photo Cut Outs

Labels 10 Photo Cut Outs

Cool Snippet Strips

White Tiny Sticky Quotes

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Cheers

Belinda

The Scrapbook Store DT - Pretty As A Picture

Hello!

Today I am sharing my second layout for The Scrapbook Store for the month featuring Graphic 45 Fairie Dust.

'Pretty As A Picture'

I started by creating a lovely wash of Wisteria Kaisermist on my white background. Once dry, I swiped some texture paste through the Mini Believe Script Balzer Designs TCW stencil. I used my white Posca Pen to flick a bit of white paint over it too.

Next I layered on some torn Stamperia Rice Paper (I love this stuff!!). To make it easier to tear I used a wet paint brush to 'draw' in the tear line. I have also added some torn book paper as well as squares of patterned paper from the range.

I painted the 2 Crafty chipboard white using the Posca Pen and glued that in place before addingsome fussy cut fairies, my photo, flowers and title.

Here's what I used:

GRAPHIC 45 Fairie Dust:

- Dreamland

- Fairie Dust

- Tiny Toadstools

- Violet Vale

2 CRAFTY Chipboard:

- Cherry Blossom

- Pretty As A Picture

GREEN TARA Tea Roses Lavender

TSS Flowers 1.5cm Mini Flowers Mauve

STAMPERIA Rice Paper Wisteria

KAISERCRAFT Kaisermist Wisteria

TCW Balzer Designs 6"x6" Stencil Mini Believe Script

GOLDEN Light Molding Paste

UNI Posca Pen White

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers

Belinda

Flutterby Designs DT - Beautiful

Hello Flutterby Designs peeps!

I am back today to share another layout for the month featuring the completely fabulous Flutterby Designs 'We Run The World' collection.

I love this collection so much and especially that it represents strong women. So of course I had to use a photo of the fierce, kind and beautiful small female child that I am lucky enough to call my daughter.

'Beautiful'

How gorgeous is that background paper?!!! I think it is my absolute favourite of the brand new 12 x 12 papers. The design is so good.

I started by squirting some Tropicana Teal paint over the 'Connie' paper and then swooshed it around with a palette knife until I had enough coverage.

I played around with some of the Filler Photo Cards to create some layers under my photo. 

I added a sweet cluster of embellishments including an awesome flair button, a heart fussy cut from the Connie paper and a Charm's Creations black and white heavenly heart.

I used the acrylic word 'beautiful' as a mask to create my title. I held the word in place carefully with my fingers on a piece of white cardstock while I used a latex make-up wedge to blot the Tropicana Teal paint around it. Check out this progress shot.

I have to admit that when I took the mask away there was a little paint bleeding so I used a white Posca paint pen to tidy up and colour the whole word. I then placed the acrylic word back over the top and used a fine black pen to create a black outline. Finally I fussy cut the whole thing with just a small teal border.

Of course I had to add a bunch of page tabs and snippet strips too. 

Here's what I used:

WE RUN THE WORLD:

- Connie patterned paper

- P!NK patterned paper

- Page Tabs

- 'beautiful' acrylic word

- Die Cut Bits & Bobs

- Everyday Etc Filler Photo Cards

- Flair Buttons Set 1

- 'Cool' Snippet Strips

- 'Monochrome' Snippet Strips

- Flutter Colour Paint Tropicana Teal

Well that is all from me today. Make sure you head over to the shop to grab yourself some of the stunning 'Limited Edition' 12 x 12 patterned papers before they run out.

Cheers

Belinda